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AWUS85 KABQ 031623
RWSNM
NMZ501>540-040300-
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
923 AM MST TUE MAR 3 2015
LARGE AREAS OF RAIN CONTINUE THIS MORNING IN EASTERN SOCORRO...LINCOLN
TO PARTS OF TORRANCE COUNTY AS THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ADVANCE TO
THE NORTHEAST. OTHERWISE SOME SNOW AND RAIN WITH A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED OVERNIGHT IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO. SOME SNOWFALL REPORTS INCLUDE TWO INCHES AT TAOS SKI AREA
AND ALSO IN EAGLE NEST. EXPECT FEW PATCHES OF FREEZING FOG TO
CONTINUE IN CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL AROUND NOON. EXTREME LOW
TEMPERATURES SO FAR RANGED FROM 24 DEGREES IN EAGLE NEST TO 40
DEGREES AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT. LOOK FOR ONE MORE DAY OF MILD
TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A FEW RAIN AND HIGH TERRAIN SNOW SHOWERS
TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM THE 30S TO THE 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND FROM THE 50S TO THE
60S ELSEWHERE.
EXPECT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WITH A STRONGER COLD FRONT TO IMPACT
EASTERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...THE SYSTEM
WILL BRING BLUSTERY WINDS AND INCREASE CHANCES FOR MORE SNOW.
BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THURSDAY MORNING FOR
MANY AREAS IN THE EAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL PLUNGE TO SINGLE
DIGITS TO THE UPPER TEENS. UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS WILL FAVOR FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL.
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RTJ